This song was originally written by a guy called Peter Gutteridge. He was one of the founders of the "Dunedin Sound" a musical scene in the south of New Zealand in the early 80s. From there it was covered by "The Clean" one of the early bands of that scene (he had originally been a member of in it's early days, writing a couple of their best early songs). The Dunedin sound, and the Clean became popular on american college radio in the mid to late 80s. I guess Yo La Tengo heard that version.
Great version of a great song,
Somehow everyone thinks I’m ok
You think they’d know better by now
I’m still insane
I thought that thinks would get better with age
But now I’m just too old to change
I lost my way
And everybody says they’re sorry
Does that make it OK?
Bleed your eyes out till your dried out
If nothing else would do you know it’s hard to
Say your sorry when there is nothing further from the truth
And nothing left to lose.
This time everything turned out the same
Should of learned from my mistakes
Now its too late
I guess I should just turn things around
But who the fuck believe me know
I am still the same
And everybody says they’re sorry
Does that make it OK?
Bleed your eyes out till you are dried out
If nothing else would do you know it’s hard to
Say your sorry when there is nothing further from the truth
And nothing left to lose
Left to lose
To lose
And everybody knows I’m stalling
Everybody sees I’m falling
Everybody knows I am stalling
Does that make it OK?
Bleed your eyes out till you are dried out
If nothing else would do you know it’s hard to
Say your sorry when there is nothing further from the truth
And nothing left to lose.
You think they’d know better by now
I’m still insane
I thought that thinks would get better with age
But now I’m just too old to change
I lost my way
And everybody says they’re sorry
Does that make it OK?
Bleed your eyes out till your dried out
If nothing else would do you know it’s hard to
Say your sorry when there is nothing further from the truth
And nothing left to lose.
This time everything turned out the same
Should of learned from my mistakes
Now its too late
I guess I should just turn things around
But who the fuck believe me know
I am still the same
And everybody says they’re sorry
Does that make it OK?
Bleed your eyes out till you are dried out
If nothing else would do you know it’s hard to
Say your sorry when there is nothing further from the truth
And nothing left to lose
Left to lose
To lose
And everybody knows I’m stalling
Everybody sees I’m falling
Everybody knows I am stalling
Does that make it OK?
Bleed your eyes out till you are dried out
If nothing else would do you know it’s hard to
Say your sorry when there is nothing further from the truth
And nothing left to lose.
Lyrics submitted by Brendonsoh
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